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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">XII Bomber Command</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B-25J-1_43-27784_487th_Bomb_Squadron_approaching_Alesan_Airfield_Corica_early_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/B-25J-1_43-27784_487th_Bomb_Squadron_approaching_Alesan_Airfield_Corica_early_1944.jpg/300px-B-25J-1_43-27784_487th_Bomb_Squadron_approaching_Alesan_Airfield_Corica_early_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="148" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-data">1942-1944</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Command of <a href="/wiki/Medium_bomber" title="Medium bomber">medium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Light_bomber" title="Light bomber">light bomber</a> units</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northwest_African_Strategic_Air_Force" title="Northwest African Strategic Air Force">Northwest African Strategic Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations</a><sup id="cite_ref-Maurer12BC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer12BC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>XII Bomber Command</b> is an inactive <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> formation. Its last assignment was with the <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>, France. It was constituted on 26 February 1942, activated on 13 March 1942, and inactivated on 10 June 1944. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was assigned to Twelfth Air Force in August 1942 and transferred, without personnel and equipment, to <a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> where the command was re-formed. Moved to <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a>, with the first of its elements arriving during the invasion in November 1942. Served in combat in the Mediterranean theater until 1 November 1943 when most of the personnel were withdrawn and reassigned to <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>. Received additional personnel in January 1944 and served in combat until 1 March 1944. It was finally disbanded in Corsica on 10 June 1944. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Heller" title="Joseph Heller">Joseph Heller</a>'s novel <a href="/wiki/Catch-22" title="Catch-22">Catch 22</a> draws on his experiences with the <a href="/wiki/340th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="340th Bombardment Group">340th Bombardment Group</a>, part of XII Bomber Command.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as the <b>12th Bomber Command</b> on 16 February 1942</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 13 March 1942</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>XII Bomber Command</b> c. 24 September 1942</dd> <dd>Disbanded on 10 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer12BC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer12BC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 13 March 1942<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, 31 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer12BC2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer12BC2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Attached to <a href="/wiki/VIII_Bomber_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="VIII Bomber Command">VIII Bomber Command</a> September 1942 – c. 16 October 1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_African_Air_Forces" title="Northwest African Air Forces">Northwest African Air Forces</a>, February 1943 (attached to <a href="/wiki/Northwest_African_Strategic_Air_Force" title="Northwest African Strategic Air Force">Northwest African Strategic Air Force</a> (later Strategic Air Force, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces)</li> <li>Twelfth Air Force, 1943 – 10 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-Maurer12BC2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maurer12BC2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill Field">MacDill Field</a>, Florida, 13 March 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a> (AAF-101),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United Kingdom, 31 August-10 November 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tafaraoui_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Tafaraoui Airfield">Tafaraoui Airfield</a>, Algeria, 22 November 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>, Algeria, 27 November 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine Airfield">Constantine Airfield</a>, Algeria, 5 December 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>, Tunisia, 23 July 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari Airfield</a>, Italy, c. December 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pollena_Trocchia" title="Pollena Trocchia">Pollena Trocchia</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (Naples), Italy, 4 January 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>, c. April-10 June 1944<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Wings</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment Wing</a>, 13 October 1942 – 1 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">7th Fighter Wing</a> (later 47th Bombardment Wing), 7 January – 18 February 1943; 1 September – 1 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Air_Division" title="42nd Air Division">42d Bombardment Wing</a>, 1 September – 1 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Bombardment_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="57th Bombardment Wing (World War II)">57th Bombardment Wing</a>, 1 January – 1 March 1944<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Groups</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Fighter Group">1st Fighter Group</a>, 24 December 1942 – 18 February 1943; 1 September 1943 – 1 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Bombardment Group">2nd Bombardment Group</a>, 1 September 1943 – 1 November 1943<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3d_Photographic_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Photographic Group">3d Photographic Group</a>, 16 October 1942 – 5 January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Bombardment Group">12th Bombardment Group</a>, 2 January – c. 21 March 1944<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Fighter Group">14th Fighter Group</a>, 11 December 1942 – January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Bombardment Group">21st Bombardment Group</a>, 2–8 May 1942<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="46th Bombardment Group">46th Bombardment Group</a>, 2–8 May 1942<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Bombardment Group">48th Bombardment Group</a>, 2–8 May 1942<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="68th Reconnaissance Group">68th Reconnaissance Group</a>: 18 October – 1 November 1943 (attached to 5th Bombardment Wing after 31 October 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="85th Bombardment Group">85th Bombardment Group</a>, 16 March - 2 May 1942<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="86th Bombardment Group">86th Bombardment Group</a>: 1 May – 21 July 1942<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="97th Bombardment Group">97th Bombardment Group</a>: 14 September 1942 – January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Bombardment Group">98th Bombardment Group</a>: 19–24 September 1943<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Bombardment Group">301st Bombardment Group</a>: 14 September 1942 – January 1943<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="310th Bombardment Group">310th Bombardment Group</a>: 2 May 1942 – 18 February 1943 (attached to 7th Fighter Wing after 1 February 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/312th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="312th Bombardment Group">312th Bombardment Group</a>, 2 May – 10 August 1942<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Bombardment Group">319th Bombardment Group</a>: c. 11 November 1942 – 1 June 1943<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=XII_Bomber_Command&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Explanatory notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Nouvion_Airfield" title="Nouvion Airfield">Nouvion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orleansville_Airfield" title="Orleansville Airfield">Orleansville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skikda_Airport" title="Skikda Airport">Philippeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relizane_Airport" title="Relizane Airport">Relizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rerhaia_Airfield" title="Rerhaia Airfield">Rerhaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Donat_Airfield" title="Saint-Donat Airfield">Saint-Donat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Leu_Airfield" title="Saint-Leu Airfield">Saint-Leu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ain_Beida_Airport" title="Ain Beida Airport">Sedrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte-Barbe_du_Tl%C3%A9lat_Airfield" title="Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat Airfield">Sainte-Barbe du Tlélat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oran_Tafraoui_Airport" title="Oran Tafraoui Airport">Tafaraoui (Oran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheikh_Larbi_T%C3%A9bessi_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheikh Larbi Tébessi Airport">Tébessa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telergma_Airport" title="Telergma Airport">Telergma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghriss_Airport" title="Ghriss Airport">Thiersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youks-les-Bains_Airfield" title="Youks-les-Bains Airfield">Youks-les-Bains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Tunisia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bizerte-Sidi_Ahmed_Air_Base" title="Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Air Base">Bizerte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar_el_Koudia_Airfield" title="Dar el Koudia Airfield">Dar el Koudia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depienne_Airfield" title="Depienne Airfield">Depienne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djedeida_Airfield" title="Djedeida Airfield">Djedeida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djilma_Airfield" title="Djilma Airfield">Djilma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebba_Ksour_Airfield" title="Ebba Ksour Airfield">Ebba Ksour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Bathan_Airfield" title="El Bathan Airfield">El Bathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfidaville_Airfield" title="Enfidaville Airfield">Enfidaville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goubrine_Airfield" title="Goubrine Airfield">Goubrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grombalia_Airfield" title="Grombalia Airfield">Grombalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korba_Airfield" title="Korba Airfield">Korba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunis-Carthage_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunis-Carthage International Airport">La Marsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Sebala_Airfield" title="La Sebala Airfield">La Sebala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Sers_Airfield" title="Le Sers Airfield">Le Sers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borj_El_Amri_Airport" title="Borj El Amri Airport">Massicault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mateur_Airfield" title="Mateur Airfield">Mateur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Temime_Airfield" title="Menzel Temime Airfield">Menzel Temime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastir_Habib_Bourguiba_International_Airport" title="Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport">Monastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oudna_Airfield" title="Oudna Airfield">Oudna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pont_du_Fahs_Airfield" title="Pont du Fahs Airfield">Pont du Fahs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Protville_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Protville Airfield (page does not exist)">Protville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainte_Marie_du_Zit_Airfield" title="Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield">Sainte Marie du Zit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Arba_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Arba Airfield">Souk-el-Arba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Souk-el-Khemis_Airfield" title="Souk-el-Khemis Airfield">Souk-el-Khemis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soliman_Airfield" title="Soliman Airfield">Soliman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousse_Airfield" title="Sousse Airfield">Sousse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelepte_Airfield" title="Thelepte Airfield">Thelepte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrigento_Airfield" title="Agrigento Airfield">Agrigento (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnoli_Airfield" title="Bagnoli Airfield">Bagnoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Barcelona Landing Ground">Barcelona LG (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Bari Airfield">Bari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palermo-Boccadifalco_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Palermo-Boccadifalco Airport">Boccadifalco (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borizzo_Airfield" title="Borizzo Airfield">Borizzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naples_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples Airport">Capodichino (Naples)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castel_Volturno_Airfield" title="Castel Volturno Airfield">Castel Volturno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castelvetrano_Airfield" title="Castelvetrano Airfield">Castelvetrano (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassibile_Airfield" title="Cassibile Airfield">Cassibile (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattolica_Airfield" title="Cattolica Airfield">Cattolica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catania-Fontanarossa_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Catania-Fontanarossa Airport">Catania (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cercola_Airfield" title="Cercola Airfield">Cercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comiso_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Comiso Airfield">Comiso (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_Ciampino_Airport" title="Rome Ciampino Airport">Ciampino (Rome)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervia_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervia Air Force Base">Cesenatico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decimomannu_Air_Base" title="Decimomannu Air Base">Decimomannu (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagliari-Elmas_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cagliari-Elmas Airport">Elmas (Sardinia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconara_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Falconara Airport">Falconara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Fano Airport">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Airport" title="Florence Airport">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foggia_Airfield_Complex" title="Foggia Airfield Complex">Foggia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Follonica_Airfield" title="Follonica Airfield">Follonica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudo_Airfield" title="Gaudo Airfield">Gaudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerbini_Airfield" title="Gerbini Airfield">Gerbini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gioia_del_Colle_Air_Base" title="Gioia del Colle Air Base">Gioia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosseto_Airport" title="Grosseto Airport">Grosseto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taranto-Grottaglie_Airport" title="Taranto-Grottaglie Airport">Grottaglie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iesi_Airfield" title="Iesi Airfield">Iesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Banca_Airfield" title="Le Banca Airfield">Le Banca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lecce_Airfield" title="Lecce Airfield">Lecce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licata_Airfield" title="Licata Airfield">Licata (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manduria_Airfield" title="Manduria Airfield">Manduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcianise_Airfield" title="Marcianise Airfield">Marcianise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siena-Ampugnano_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Siena-Ampugnano Airport">Malignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazzara_Airfield" title="Mazzara Airfield">Mazzara (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milazzo_Airfield" title="Milazzo Airfield">Milazzo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messina_Airfield" title="Messina Airfield">Messina (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montalto_Di_Castro_Airfield" title="Montalto Di Castro Airfield">Montalto Di Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettuno_Airfield" title="Nettuno Airfield">Nettuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salerno_Costa_d%27Amalfi_Airport" title="Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport">Montecorvino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ombrene_Airfield" title="Ombrene Airfield">Ombrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orbetello_Airfield" title="Orbetello Airfield">Orbetello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paestum_Airfield" title="Paestum Airfield">Paestum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pisa_International_Airport" title="Pisa International Airport">Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria_Airport" title="Pantelleria Airport">Pantelleria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pignataro_Maggiore_Airfield" title="Pignataro Maggiore Airfield">Pignataro Maggiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piombino_Airfield" title="Piombino Airfield">Piombino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomigliano_Airfield" title="Pomigliano Airfield">Pomigliano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Galeria_Airfield" title="Ponte Galeria Airfield">Ponte Galeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontedera_Airfield" title="Pontedera Airfield">Pontedera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pompeii_Airfield" title="Pompeii Airfield">Pompeii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponte_Olivo_Airfield" title="Ponte Olivo Airfield">Ponte Olivo (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggio_Calabria_Airport" title="Reggio Calabria Airport">Reggio Calabria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocca_Bernardo_Airfield" title="Rocca Bernardo Airfield">Rocca Bernardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosia_Airfield" title="Rosia Airfield">Rosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Pancrazio_Airfield" title="San Pancrazio Airfield">San Pancrazio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airfield" title="Santa Maria Airfield">Santa Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scordia_Airfield" title="Scordia Airfield">Scordia (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sele_Airfield" title="Sele Airfield">Sele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serretella_Airfield" title="Serretella Airfield">Serretella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarquinia_Airfield" title="Tarquinia Airfield">Tarquinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Termini_Airfield" title="Termini Airfield">Termini (Sicily)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tortorella_Airfield" title="Tortorella Airfield">Tortorella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrente_Comunelli_Airfield" title="Torrente Comunelli Airfield">Torrente Comunelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre_Cancello_Landing_Strip" title="Tre Cancello Landing Strip">Tre Cancello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voltone_Airfield" title="Voltone Airfield">Voltone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesuvius_Airfield" title="Vesuvius Airfield">Vesuvius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aghione_Airfield" title="Aghione Airfield">Aghione (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amb%C3%A9rieu-en-Bugey_Air_Base" title="Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air Base">Amberieu (Y-5)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amiens-Glisy_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Amiens-Glisy Airport">Amiens (B-48)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Simon_-_Clastres_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Simon - Clastres Air Base">Clastres (A-71)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dijon_Bourgogne_-_Longvic_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijon Bourgogne - Longvic Airport">Dijon (Y-9)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%B4le-Tavaux_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dôle-Tavaux Airport">Dôle-Tavaux (Y-7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghisonaccia_Alzitone_Airport" title="Ghisonaccia Alzitone Airport">Ghisonaccia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventiseri-Solenzara_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventiseri-Solenzara Air Base">Gisonochia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istres-Le_Tub%C3%A9_Air_Base" title="Istres-Le Tubé Air Base">Istres (Y-17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Vallon_Airfield" title="La Vallon Airfield">La Vallon (Y-18)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Le_Luc_-_Le_Cannet_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Luc - Le Cannet Airport">Le Luc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lun%C3%A9ville-Croismare_Airport" title="Lunéville-Croismare Airport">Luneville (Y-2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyettes_Airfield" title="Loyettes Airfield">Loyettes (Y-25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastia_-_Poretta_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastia - Poretta Airport">Poretta (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Dizier_-_Robinson_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Dizier - Robinson Air Base">Saint-Dizier (A-64)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salon-de-Provence_Air_Base" title="Salon-de-Provence Air Base">Salon de Provence (Y-16)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serragia_Airfield" title="Serragia Airfield">Serragia (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solonzara_Airfield" title="Solonzara Airfield">Solonzara (Corsica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantonville_Airfield" title="Tantonville Airfield">Tantonville (Y-1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_-_Ochey_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Nancy - Ochey Air Base">Toul-Ochey (A-96)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Units" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Units</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">XII Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XII Tactical Air Command">XII Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXII_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XXII Tactical Air Command">XXII Tactical Air</a></li> <li>XII Troop Carrier (Provisional)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th Bombardment (7th Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">51st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Fighter Wing (World War II)">62d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63d_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="63d Fighter Wing (World War II)">63d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Division" title="64th Air Division">64th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="87th Fighter Wing (World War II)">87th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Air_Division" title="90th Air Division">90th Photographic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Training Group">17th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Operations_Group" title="47th Operations Group">47th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Operations_Group" title="319th Operations Group">319th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Air_Expeditionary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Air Expeditionary Group">321st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Operations_Group" title="1st Operations Group">1st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Operations_Group" title="14th Operations Group">14th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Operations_Group" title="31st Operations Group">31st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Operations Group">33d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="52d Operations Group">52d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="79th Fighter Group">79th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Fighter-Bomber_Group" title="81st Fighter-Bomber Group">81st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Operations Group">82d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Operations_Group" title="86th Operations Group">86th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/324th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="324th Fighter Group">324th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/325th_Operations_Group" title="325th Operations Group">325th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/332d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="332d Fighter Group">332d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Fighter_Group" title="350th Fighter Group">350th Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Reconnaissance Group">3d Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">5th Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th Reconnaissance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Troop carrier<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/60th_Operations_Group" title="60th Operations Group">60th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Air_Base_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="61st Air Base Group">61st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="62d Operations Group">62d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="64th Air Expeditionary Group">64th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/313th_Troop_Carrier_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="313th Troop Carrier Group">313th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/314th_Operations_Group" title="314th Operations Group">314th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Operations_Group" title="316th Operations Group">316th Troop Carrier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Squadrons</th><td 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